Industry Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2014

Industry Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information, By Segment



	Three months ended
	November 30,		November 30,
($ in thousands)	2014		2013
Operating revenues:
Irrigation	$	114,716	$	129,183
Infrastructure		20,129		18,488
Total operating revenues	$	134,845	$	147,671

Operating income (loss):
Irrigation (1)	$	14,669	$	20,311
Infrastructure (1)		2,244		508
Segment operating income (1)		16,913		20,819
Unallocated general and administrative expenses		(5,011)		(4,827)
Interest and other income (expense), net		(241)		(175)
Earnings before income taxes	$	11,661	$	15,817

Capital Expenditures:
Irrigation	$	3,084	$	2,228
Infrastructure		565		159
	$	3,649	$	2,387
Depreciation and Amortization:
Irrigation	$	2,486	$	2,358
Infrastructure		1,262		1,349
	$	3,748	$	3,707

(1) Environmental remediation expenses of $1.3 million and $0.2 million were allocated to the irrigation segment and infrastructure segment, respectively, for the three months ended November 30, 2014. There were no environmental remediation expenses for the three months ended November 30, 2013.

Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated


	November 30,		November 30,		August 31,
($ in thousands)	2014		2013		2014
Total Assets:
Irrigation	$	368,577	$	395,981	$	407,447
Infrastructure		121,500		125,722		119,104
	$	490,077	$	521,703	$	526,551

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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